Many melt into One A bell with one hand ringing Who hears the lesson? ; )
Mike --- On Mon, 18/6/12, Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Philosophy, Left, and Right To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 18 June, 2012, 8:52 Those copper pennies An inexpensive lesson More than face value :) K On 6/17/2012 6:18 PM, Joe wrote: OK, K, Our project would have been a solid plate, and had an aspect-ratio of about 1.85:1, like the aspect-ratio of an HD screen. Or, like that of a traditional wooden Han. The thickness would have been gauged accordingly. I feel I would have had to ADD some Zinc to the melt, because, usually bell-bronze has 10 percent more Zinc than coinage bronze, for a good tone, a tried and true formula. When researching the basics for this project, I studied all I could find about MANY "bells", including the Liberty Bell, just as part of the lore and technic. What an interesting history there is, in our Liberty Bell: "Pass and Stow." I've seen the Liberty Bell, in Philly, long before it was ever put into a climate controlled enclosure. I think I remember I could almost reach out and touch it, if the guards were not cognizant. It was 18 inches from my skinny 'cello-playing fingers. My memory of the look of Independence Hall still inspires me. What a Spire. It was depicted on shiny manila bookcovers that our Public Schools system issued to us students in the 1950s in elementary school to cover our Spelling books, and Dick/Jane/and Sally readers, with the phrase imprinted, "I hold my lamp before the Golden Door...", etc. It was like a pilgrimage, going there to Philly, bathing in those airy waters. I stumbled upon a residence of Ben Franklin, too, an unimposing city address, which I padded-to in my Adidas SL-72s; it might as well have been Mecca, tho' I hailed from only 60 miles away. Hail! My sweetie was at Penn, and I visited her as I could while I was at Columbia. The train connected us in 90 minutes. My, my, days gone-by. The gong-show has not happened here yet; I'm still chewing on some ideas. Else, these pennies go into my retirement fund! Nah... ! It's just a hundred bucks. Not even a half-bottle of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes, the truest and most wonderful nectar of Planet Earth. It's known throughout the Milky Way. Not yet beyond, because word takes a long time to travel such distances; else, the price would surely be higher, due to increased demand. Whew. --Joe > Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote: > I have a singing bowl, received as a gift. Not the light shiny light > brass things you see in the New Age/Buddhist shops - or the ones with > the symbols/embellishments - but a dull bronze sort of affair, [snippeth]
